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Today Is the National March for Life! Daily we pray for the protection of unborn children and for mothers and fathers to choose life for their child. But in a special way today we join all those marching in witness to the sanctity of life in praying for our national, state and local civic leaders to reject the culture of death and choose life.
Mary, Our Blessed Mother, please protect all of Your children.
The Mission experienced a rare "snow day" this past week, waking to an inch or two of snow. But by the time the photo was taken, the snow had already melted from the upper hillside.
Who Dares to Say,
"God Would Never Do That"?
Excerpt from Message of May 13, 2024- My Children, Silence Before God
The Blessed Mother speaks:
My children, the Father’s Plan is active everywhere and at all times, bringing about the eternal good for all of His children.
Who can limit His Action? Who can say, “God would never do that”? Who – from such a limited, darkened, fallible, minuscule mind – can say to Him Who Is, to the One Who created all that is, to the One Who knows and sees every movement of every heart – who dare say to Him, “You cannot do this”?
My children, My children – silence.
Silence before the Mystery of God.
The loving and trusting silence that is the filial act of adoration to the Father – recognizing that He is your God. And you are His creature, His child, willed into existence by Him.
Silence before His Perfect Will – that is the perfect act of obedience – that does not question, does not doubt. “God knows why.”
The thrice-holy Silence that humbles the soul, that beautifies it and makes it capable of receiving the Divine Light.
The Silence, My children, that is born of true, living, simple FAITH.
My beloved children, consider all the times that I have been sent to you to warn you and to bring you the Light of God to see the reality surrounding you as God sees it. HOW MANY TIMES, CHILDREN.
AND HOW LITTLE I HAVE BEEN HEEDED – IGNORED, AND EVEN MOCKED BY THE ARROGANCE OF SO MANY OF MY BLINDED CHILDREN, THUS BLOCKING TORRENTS OF GRACE THAT WOULD HAVE DESCENDED FROM HEAVEN TO HELP MY CHILDREN.
Actions have consequences, My children. And the setting aside, the despising of Our Gifts, has tremendous consequences not only for the souls who reject them, but for the whole world.
Have you not yet understood that each time a soul rejects Our Grace, it affects all of Our children?
And each time one soul responds to Our Grace, obeys the Will of the Father, We can pour forth rivers of Grace upon all of Our children?
Do you see how important then, is your receiving or not receiving Our Gifts, Our Grace?
My beloved Army, do you begin to understand now what it is that I need from you in order to lead you into battle? [gentle smile] Do you understand how it is you fight? How it is you help Me reconquer the hearts of your brothers and sisters?
IT IS THROUGH FAITH – LIVING CHILD-LIKE FAITH – AND THROUGH YOUR ABANDONMENT TO THE FATHER’S PERFECT WILL.
On this day the Church celebrates the Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul, Apostle. Not his birth, or his death, but his conversion.
Crisis In the Church
"Resources on the Crisis" is an extensive list of resources to help you better understand the current crisis in the Church and MDM’s response to it. The Crisis Resource list is located on our website under the "From Us" tab of the main menu bar.
The resources, organized by topic, include official Church documents, writings from saints, and the views of prelates, priests, religious, and laity. Once at the sight, just click on the + sign and you will see drop down lists of publications and interviews.
"This is what MDM is called to be: a growing communion of trust in His Mercy for our needy world." ~ Fr. John Mary
MDM started encouraging people to pray "Jesus, I trust in You" ten times a day back in 2011. Recently we felt it was important to remind people to turn to Jesus with this simple, powerful prayer in a world that feels more and more out of control. We are suggesting 20 times, but some people find themselves repeating it hundreds of times. It reminds our troubled souls that GOD IS IN CONTROL.
Many of you have put your name on our growing list and have also left a comment or testimony. We ask that prayer intentions be placed at Prayer Request on our website.
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My brother, diagnosed with Chagas disease, prayed the Chaplet of Divine Mercy every day at 3 pm. For five years he did not show the characteristic symptoms of the disease, and had a good quality of life (breathing without difficulty, eating, moving around, sleeping, no pain). When he woke up on the morning of April 19, 2001, he saw two rays of light emanating from the image of the Sacred Heart of Jesus that he had in his room; at 6 pm he died peacefully. I share this testimony of faith to encourage us to repeat incessantly: Jesus, I trust in You!~Pilar
***** Thank you, Father John Mary Foster and Sister Amapola and all of the Mission Of Divine Mercy for bringing these messages , homilies and teachings to us poor sheep (laity) who otherwise would be VERY LOST AND CONFUSED. You are a vital lifeline, a beacon of shining hope in this very dark world. I personally depend greatly on these messages to help guide me in these confusing times when our local Cardinal and most priests in this archdiocese are utterly silent - nothing, crickets. Thank you sooo much.~Leedell
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THANK YOU Fr. John and everyone at MDM so much for your encouragement and hope. Please pray for my daughter and son in law’s Godly outcome from their recent miscarriage. I too, will pray “Jesus, I trust in You” 20 times a day -not just for my personal intentions-but for all intentions. May Our beautiful Mother of Mercy and Her Son, Jesus guide and protect us. Amen ~Anonymous
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Thank you to all the members of the MDM because with humility, faith and obedience you persevere in the combativeness for the Truth and the Good in the light of the Holy Spirit, guiding us in these circumstances, not at all ordinary and very difficult... ~Pilar
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My husband prays the Divine Chaplet daily at the 3:00 p.m. hour or around that time. He suffers terribly from advanced end stage COPD. Please pray for him that God gives him some relief as he struggles to get air in and out of his lungs. It's a terrible suffering 24/7. I will pray 20 times per day JESUS I TRUST IN YOU because we only have GOD to trust in this world of so much evil. COME LORD JESUS RETURN to US. ~Gloria
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I have been going to the MDM...but never signed up. Just did though. I drive in from San Antonio and bring my wife and 2 boys . We love the MDM. It is a place like no other. There is a calm and a peaceful presence that draws us back every time. The messages are so beautiful and so full of hope. Fr John Mary and the community are very special to us. The Mass is so reverent. Thank you Jesus for bringing to us the MDM. JESUS I TRUST IN YOU~Juan
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They help me a lot, filling me with peace.~ Rosa Maria
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I am going through an illness that is very debilitating emotionally and physically, I will pray the 20 ¡Jesus en ti confio! Jesus assume control ~Miriam
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Praying for a job and to trust it is the one God wants me for me. ~Karen
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Please pray for my husband, that doctors can find a solution for his medication-related severe skin outbreaks. (There is no alternative medication he is able to take). Also, that his medical tests turn out well and nothing else is going on. Prayers, please, for all my family, including a son dealing with anxiety, and that they all live strong Catholic lives. Would appreciate prayers for my complicated health issues, also. God bless you and thank you. ~Anonymous
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May our Lord Jesus and Our Lady bless you for all that you give to us sheep.~Anonymous
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To rediscover simple faith, total abandonment to our Lord as Saint Therese of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face so well experienced and shared.~Martine
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Yes, You Can Help!
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